{"id":6639,"date":"2014-08-13T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesafeshop.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6639"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:42:09","slug":"how-to-protect-your-holiday-and-rental-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safe.co.uk\/safezone\/how-to-protect-your-holiday-and-rental-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your Holiday and Rental Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLast month it emerged that a Romanian man had returned to his holiday home to find it had disappeared<\/a> and a cornfield had taken its place. He believes it had been dismantled piece by piece and stolen. Now this event is an extreme example, but it does remind us that the holiday homes we seek summertime refuge in can be just as unsafe as our homes.<\/p>\n

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1 out of 5 British people own a holiday home abroad, according to a Right Move survey published by The Telegraph<\/a> from late last year. The most popular destinations for Brit\u2019s buying abroad are probably not much of a surprise with France<\/strong>, Spain<\/strong> and the USA<\/strong> topping the table respectively, with over 60% situated in France and Spain alone.<\/p>\n

It can be easy when holidaying or moving to a different country to forget that the basic rules of home security still apply. Although burglary rates in mainland European countries are much lower, there are obviously still risks. In fact the rural homes we buy in the Mediterranean and southern France may be more at risk because of their isolation. In France it is indeed common practice for insurers to demand windows are covered by shutters in rural areas because of this.<\/p>\n

There are generally two types of \u2018holiday home owners\u2019, those who buy to rent and those who buy for their own leisure. At  Safe, we spoke to our security expert Anthony Neary<\/span><\/strong> about the risks we incur and what we can do as homeowners to protect ourselves.<\/p>\n

Leisure<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your property is for your own enjoyment, the chances are it will be kept vacant for extended periods of time. As such there are risks to the safety of your property. A burglar is by enlarge an opportunist and  if they pass a property that looks empty or that is in disrepair, they are more likely to take a risk on entering it. This is why it\u2019s important to make sure your property looks occupied and is well maintained.
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